Writer/Illustrator: Mike Grell
Art Assistant: Brian Snoddy
Color Artist: Joe Chiodo
Color Seperator: Digital Chameleon
Lettering: Steve Haynie
Editor: Mike Gold

Today I read Shaman’s Tears. It’s kind of oddly about both a guy trying to figure out his half-breed status among his Lakota family as he’s both Irish and Lakota and the other part of the story deals with the government’s experimentation into DNA splicing which creates creatures that are neither human nor animal but rather a strange mix of the two.

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Ultimate Spider-man 73 (TPB #13)
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Art: Scott Hanna and JD Smith 

The Hobgoblin story continues as James Franco, I mean, Harry Osborn, finds out more about his past and his father. I like how the Ultimate series find ways to spin things up a bit. From Colossus being gay in X-men to how the Goblin in Spider-man is basically the Hulk. It keeps things fresh. I’ve also noticed that Ultimate Spider-man makes a conscious effort to relate to real life-ish. In this issue specifically it brings up the question of what if you found out your father was a mass-murdering mutated monster? Y’know, just like what could happen in real life.

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Hellblazer #3: Going For It
Writer: Jamie Delano
Penciler/Inker: John Ridgeway

A break from the usual hunger issues, John decides to snuff out the fart king.  Good ol’ Blathoxi, demonic Lord of Flatulence is the big guy up on the chopping block after he makes some bad decisions with soul trading. I didn’t realize there was a market for that, but then again what do I know about demonic economics. Having a title like that made me wonder about how best to insult a hellion to their face. (more…)